American Voices: A Collection of Documents, Speeches, Essays, Hymns, Poems, and Short Stories from American History

(From Amazon): From John Smith's 1616 description of the New World to George W. Bush's address to the American people after 9/11; from the poems of the seventeenth century to the hymns of the twentieth; from John Winthrop to Martin Luther King Jr. American Voices takes you on a fascinating journey through history in the words of Americans whose voices still speak today.